Spandex Man

In preparation for the moon landing in 1969, NASA sent a team of astronauts to the lunar landscapes of Iceland. Their hi-tech training mission soon discovers what obstacles one can meet when facing an Icelandic sheep farmer.

In midwinter the German illusionist Dirk Ohm arrives in the small town Grong, a place ridden by the disappearance of a young local woman Maria. Dirk soon finds himself searching for Maria side by side with the villagers of Grong; and slowly he falls in love with the missing woman. This fictional story pays tribute to a real character, and to his mysterious disappearance in the winter of 2003.

A man wakes on the ceiling of his bedroom and breaks a lamp to alert his wife to his predicament. She puts on her heavy boots, unstraps herself out of her bed and uses a hook on a pole to drag him back down. The next day he goes to his job where he works as a deodorant tester, sniffing the armpits of exercising test subjects. On this day though, he faces an event that will change his life forever.

5 directors were invited to direct their own short film - a horror story. The idea was to let the directors tell their own worst nightmare. 5 short films were produced and edited together as one movie for the cinema with the duration of 33 minutes. An unusual cinema project, but then again, more exciting!

Sander (14) conceals his wounds beneath strict routines and a flawless surface. Forced to celebrate Midsummer at his grandmother’s chaotic country house, his worst nightmares come true. He is transported to a floral fantasy world with everything Sander detests: untamed nature, impulsive creatures, and a total lack of discipline. When he meets the enchanting Solar Queen, Sander finds a counterpart in his strive for order. But the Solar Queen is planning a gruesome Midsummer ritual, and Sander must confront his worst fear: revealing his own imperfection and vulnerability. Sander’s Midsummer is a story of self-acceptance and reconnection - with nature, ourselves, and the people who love us.